Baby food allergies? Diaper problems? Read on!

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You or your little one have skin allergies? Sensitive skin? Scalp psoriasis or eczema? Well, we have all of the above problems in our household and I have FINALLY found a soap/shampoo that is great for all of our issues, so I had to share this!

I do not participate in promoting products, especially not for any sort of profit–would be nice, but that is not what this article is about. I am, however, VERY excited about this gem in the ruff that I have recently found! And being a parent of a child with multiple allergies, I know how absolutely frustrating it can be to try and find things for our little ones, so I am hoping others with the same problem will find this information helpful.

My daughter has skin allergies to coconut, fragrance, and a few highly used preservatives that happen to be in EVERYTHING that is labeled “baby”. The “all-naturals” and “natural fragrance” make no difference. Fragrance is fragrance and most of the “natural” shampoos, soaps, lotion, etc. have the same preservative(s) as about 99% of the rest of them out there. So, finding a body wash/shampoo for my daughter has been extremely frustrating!!

In a desperate attempt to find SOMETHING that I could bathe my daughter with that cause a rash (some rashes are mild, but it is still obviously irritating her skin), I thought maybe I would have to resort to making my own.

Now let’s get one thing out of the way: I am NOT one of those, buy all natural, eat organic, blah blah people. I like my synthetic things, thank you very much. And I gladly buy regular produce because I would rather the unlikely stated risks associated with those than to have the risk of salmonella from eating cow poop left over on organically fertilized veggies and fruits. Call me crazy, that’s fine. We all have our opinions, and ultimately, we all live, we all die, we all end up with health problems. Medical claims, science, and pretty much knowledge in general is always changing, so I personally choose not to rely solely on any one thought or mindset.

That being said, I do have very sensitive skin, and I get a VERY itchy scalp with many different shampoos. My husband and I both occasionally get eczema rashes–could it be from synthetic product use? Maybe. Or maybe it’s genetics. Or maybe I’m just not nourishing my gut bacteria and calling them by name, so they got mad and took it out on my body. Who knows. I digress. BUT, as I was searching the myriad of crazy opinions and directions out there on how to make a shampoo and getting lost in the Google abyss of useless knowledge, I stumbled across Chagrin Valley Soap and Salve.

Now, I will say, if you ARE into all the “all-natural”, “back to nature” stuff, you are seriously missing out if you have not found this store! I have read a lot of labels because my daughter’s allergies warrant it, and seriously, most of the so-called natural stuff really is not what they claim it is because the very preservative that my daughter is allergic to is still in many of them. If it isn’t that, they have coconut, fragrance, or a combination thereof, so they just don’t work for us.

However, I was highly surprised and utterly fascinated by what I found at Chagrin Soap and Salve. They seriously just use simple ingredients that anyone can identify, no preservatives, and they have a fragrance free and coconut free selection. Seriously, I couldn’t ask for more! Did I mention I am utterly fascinated at how simple their ingredients list is? I had no idea that making shampoo and soap could be limited to so few things that are just so.. normal. Fascinating.

So, I ordered a shampoo bar and soap for my daughter. The samples are very inexpensive, nice sized, and surprisingly easy to lather up, so they should last a good little while for my 2 year old.

After trialing this with my daughter, I must say, I couldn’t believe how great it works! Having a shampoo bar is a little weird if you are not accustomed to it, but I really do not care as long as it works well for my daughter! And so far, we have had great results with this soap and shampoo!

Here are the ones we ordered:

And the ingredients list:

So, this store already became a life saver for me since the soap and shampoo are inexpensive AND work great for my daughter–and seriously, anyone who has a child with lots of allergies knows how frustrating and time consuming it can be just to get by–but to take this a step further; it also works great for the rest of us!

Now, I won’t lie, I tried this shampoo bar as a skeptic. I only used it because I like to try out whatever my daughter is using on myself as well. But I had a pretty bad flare up on my scalp the day (and for a few days before) I tried out this shampoo bar from Chagrin Valley, and to my unexpected surprise, my scalp LITERALLY stopped itching after I used it. Not to mention, it works really great on my hair. And I am not exaggerating. My scalp is fine. Fine. That NEVER happens during a flare up. I will be ordering more for myself now.

Bottom line: I am not a crazy believer in these products (or any for that matter) as a cure all for whatever issue anyone may have, but for our families issues, I was very pleasantly surprised and I did not expect to like using their products myself. I only bought them originally for my daughter.

So, if you are looking for allergy-friendly soap and shampoo, or if you like the more natural approach and are looking for the simplest ingredients you can find in a product that works really well, you HAVE TO check out this store! I am highly surprised that they are not more popular than they currently are.